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WELCOME to the Small Book Blog! I am a voracious reader. I love losing myself in books and cannot wait to read myself into my next adventure. It is because of this love for books that I created this blog. I want to share my passion of books with you! I hope you enjoy my recommendations and reviews. My goal is that they will lead you to a new book, series or author, that you can fall in love with and recommend to others as well.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

It has been a very long time since I posted but I have an
excellent excuse- we had our 2nd child in April and, for those of
you familiar with babies know, he just doesn’t feel sorry for me so I can get
reading time included in our schedule! HAHA! I am slowly getting some reading
time in though and hope to start posting reviews and recommendations soon.

In the meantime, my husband has decided that my beloved
collection of books (and yes it is prolific) needs to be moved out of the baby’s
room. On one hand, I wonder how empty the room will look (guess I’ll have to
start a new collection of books for the kids from baby board books to Classics
to Young Adult novels) since they are nestled snuggly in built in shelves. On
the other hand, my new job is to imagine and design the bookshelves for my
books! I’m in love with some of the ideas percolating in my mind and waiting to
see what can actually be created in real life. I am enthusiastically hopping onto
Pinterest and IKEA for ideas. Morphing those into something that will work with
our Master bedroom space as well as other areas of the house for the inevitable
books that just won’t quite fit on the shelves. Heaven knows I couldn’t
possibly get rid of them! I might want to re-read a particular one or loan one
to a friend. Luckily I have been blessed with a handy and creative husband who,
so far, is intrigued by my ideas. Let’s cross our fingers! IKEA is a LONG drive
from where I live.

Prior to April I was loving the J.R. Ward Bourbon Kings
series. It’s a dynasty story that doesn’t focus on one set of characters for
each book, but the author continues the story along as a mini series of sorts and
you are brought into the folds of this old family and the saga drama of their
lives. While I wait for book three to be released I am trying out Maya Banks’ A
KGI Novel: Whispers in the Dark.

I wish everyone happy reading, hoping you get more time to
unwind with a book than I do, and enjoy this beautiful fall season.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Blackwell
is a gothic horror novel that lovers of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian
Gray, Stephen King, and gothic literature will enjoy. The novel is written by
two authors, Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor, but you never get a split feel
throughout the novel (much like Christina Lauren has been able to achieve). The
writing is well done, the language fitting the time period the authors locates
us in, and author ploys are placed successfully without dragging the reader
down and inundating them with too much side information.

The novel follows the intertwining lives of
O’Connor & Blackwell from the day they meet at Harvard on. Blackwell comes
from a privileged and aristocratic upbringing. He is morally flawed individual
but an intriguing character that the reader wants to follow. Is he going to
lead a life with love in it or follow a darker path? The writer seems to really
want to show the readers that you can question the soul and try to create
“workarounds” to stay pure or virginal as well as how we handle life
experiences. There is power in love and ultimately the choices you make will
lead you on the path of love and its magic of healing or if you let too much
darkness seep into your life down the path of damnation.

There is a large focus on the religion of
Voodoo. I really enjoyed these segments of the novel because Voodoo is not
often used in literature. It especially helped create a spiritual and
karmically bound story line for the second half of the novel. The book cover
fits the novel brilliantly and I loved it.

Blackwell
is a dark novel that will give some readers satisfaction and leave some saying,
“Well written, but the story was horrifying and depressing.”

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I am a voracious reader. I love losing myself in books and cannot wait to read myself into my next adventure. It is because of this love for books that I created this blog. I want to share my passion of books with you! I hope you enjoy my recommendations and reviews. My goal is that they will lead you to a new book, series or author, that you can fall in love with and recommend to others as well.